Lecture 3: "Turing's 1948 Bridge: from Logical to Practical Machinery"

Submitted by egdaylight on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 09:30

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28 January 2021

Many Turing scholars share a dualistic outlook on science and technology, distinguishing between non-causal (abstract) objects and causal objects. This outlook stands in stark contrast with Turing's monistic thinking and his answer to what a Turing machine meant to him in 1948. ......

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Lecture 2: "An Impossible Program: from Turing to Strachey"

Submitted by egdaylight on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 11:05

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October 2019

My second video lecture on "History of Computer Science (and much more)" consists of two parts:

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Lecture 1: "Bye Bye Turing Hype"

Submitted by egdaylight on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 09:22

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October 2019

Here's my first video lecture on "History of Computer Science (and much more)".

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Chapter 1 of Turing Tales

Submitted by egdaylight on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 10:31

The first chapter of my 2016 book Turing Tales is made available here. I explain my methodological stance on the history of computer science, and introduce the topic of "conflations," which I believe is key to understanding the history of science and technology.